Created in 2011 and endowed with 8,000 euros, the « ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’or Award » is awarded each year to a professional photojournalist who has covered a humanitarian issue related to an armed conflict. The theme of this year’s photo contest is urban war and the consequences for people forced to hide or flee.

Candidates for the 2018 edition of the Visa d’Or Humanitaire can send their work until June 11, 2018.

The aim of the ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’or Award is of course to honor the work that photojournalists do every day on the field, but above all, to inform the most people possible about violations of international humanitarian law. In this case, violations linked to cities becoming the battle-field and the toll on millions of civilians living there.

Any professional, independent or media photojournalist may compete for the Humanitarian Visa d’or Award. The story must have been produced within the two years preceeding the competition.

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Intercross is the blog of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Washington D.C.. It is a place for timely news, commentary on armed conflict and violence, humanitarian action, and the rules of war.

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